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I´m trying for hours to animate a stiff cable for our client. So you can imagine time is running low ;). I've watched several tutorials on how to build dynamic cables, but I need a stiff one. A really good isolated stiff cable.

The objects:

  1. Cable Mount -> Pin point Nr1 (always fixed)
  2. Turning Point of cable -> at this object the cable will be wrapped around (180°) and comes parallel back to the mount.
  3. Moving object -> Pin point Nr2 (will be animated and moved, object rotation should affect the cable.

What I´ve tried so far: - Inverse kinetic armature: stuck at the turning point, should be a tighter curve than the bending of the rest of the cable – Cloth Simulation: the stiffness is not the desired one, also the collision and self collision don't work as expected. Gravity and weight are off, that's fine, but if I move the Object (Pin point Nr2) back, the cable should be pushed back also. Currently it makes a small turn...

So, if anybody has a suggestion or tutorial, please let me know.

Thanks a lot!

Bassi
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  • Can you give an image example of what you mean by a stiff cable? – PGmath Mar 18 '21 at 13:30
  • Hi PGmath, for example an USB Cable, or HDMI Cable. – Bassi Mar 18 '21 at 13:41
  • Perhaps you failed to get the correct stiffness because you didn't change the default 1 kg weight in soft-body to something more realistic (for USB cable ~ 5 g or 0.005 kg). You may also want to increase Edges->Bending a little. Wrapping the cable: https://blender.stackexchange.com/a/93623/60486 – Markus von Broady Mar 18 '21 at 16:00
  • Thank you Broady, I will try this. I reduced the weight to zero and used the cloth modifier. Perhaps I should try the Soft Body Modifier – Bassi Mar 19 '21 at 13:27

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